What Are Little Girls Made Of? story
In search of Nurse Chapel's fiancé, renowned exobiologist Roger Korby, the Enterprise visits the icy planet Exo III, where Korby has discovered an ancient machine which allows him to duplicate any living person with an android replacement. Korby plans to use the machine to spread controlled androids throughout the Federation , and replaces Captain Kirk with such a duplicate in an effort to take over the Enterprise .
21 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android clone of a person | choice | Korby made an android clone of Kirk. |
| can machines have souls | choice | Did Korby transfer his true essence into that android body? |
| the quest for immortality | choice | Roger Korby :: Korby saw mind transfer into androids as a form of immortality. |
| AI risk to civilization | major | Korby had created androids and transferred human consciousnesses into them, beginning with himself. Unfortunately, the androids lacked some human qualities and set out to replace all of humanity with emotionless, supposedly flawless, android duplicates. |
| android | major | Ruk, Andrea, Androids of Exo III :: Korby's androids |
| husband and wife | major | Christine/Roger Korby :: Christine/Korby |
| machines in society | major | Androids of Exo III :: what is the proper place for Korby's androids in society? |
| nostalgic love | major | Christine, Roger Korby :: Christine/Korby |
| old flames | major | Christine/Roger Korby :: Christine and Korby |
| personal identity | major | Roger Korby :: is it really Korby? |